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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By : Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
Book Image

Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By: Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a full ERP business solution suite with a robust set of development tools to support customization and enhancement. These tools can be used to tailor Business Central's in-built applications to support complete management functions for finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. Using a case study approach, this book will introduce you to Dynamics 365 Business Central and Visual Studio Code development tools to help you become a productive Business Central developer. You'll also learn how to evaluate a product's development capabilities and manage Business Central-based development and implementation. You'll explore application structure, the construction of and uses for each object type, and how it all fits together to build apps that meet special business requirements. By the end of this book, you'll understand how to design and develop high-quality software using the Visual Studio Code development environment, the AL language paired with the improved editor, patterns, and features.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Successful Conclusions

app.json

The app.json file contains properties about your extension, such as the name and version.

All properties are explained in the Microsoft Docs (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-json-files). We will only populate the mandatory properties for now:

  • id: This is a unique ID for your extension and is autogenerated. Never change this value.
  • name: The name of your extension as it will be displayed to the user.
  • publisher: This usually contains the name of the company or individual who owns the intellectual property of the extension.
  • version: Your extensions can be versioned using this property. You can use this when you create a new version of the extension to determine if upgrade code needs to be executed.
  • idRange: This tells the compiler which object numbers are to be used for this extension. You must provide a range for application object IDs in the format "idRanges": [{"from": 50100,"to": 50200},{"from": 50202,"to": 50300}].